Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-19
A SPICY LETTER.
Representative clover Takes His Pen in
Hand on Senator Vest.
Cincinnati Commercial GaZetre.

Hand on Senator vest.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27-The following
spicy letter addressed by Representative
Glover of Missouri to Senator Vest of
that state is somewhat outside of strictly
parliamentary correspondence.
WASHINGTON, d. C. January 81, 1851.
"The Hon. George G. Vest, U. S. Senator,
Washington, D. G.
"SIR-I am in receipt of copy of the
Missouri Republican Of recent date, in
which the following statement is attribu-
ted to you.
ex-senator Vest is outspoker and en-
phatic in declaring that if the three Off
GERS upon whom Mr.. Glover is making
war did oppose GlOver's election, they
were fully justified by the circumstances
of the case. He holds that the bitter
personal attacks which Glover made upoa
Lancaster and Hyde We're of kind ties
gentlemen could not properly overlook,
and that besides Mr.. Glover cannot fairly
cl8im to have Deen bona tide Demo
cratic nominee. The peculiar condition
under which his nomination was OBJ
tanned, the Senator maintains, deters the
Representative of the Ninth district from
asserting such irregularity as would
make opposition to mis- election an Offense
against party fealty.'
"Permtt me to pass by the imputation
against the manner of my nomination as
100 small to merit the attention Of an
edult.
"YOu are pleased to justify the action
OF the Democratic officials implicated,
supon the ground Of personal attacks
.up0a them by me. The attacks are con
ceded. The adjective may lead to diff
ferelCe of opinion. But one thing is
z:sfsain, the Democracy renominated me
by acclamation, aud thereby Endorsed
everything that l did, approved ii,
stamped It's seal upon it as good and in
accordance with the best interests of the
party. If you had as many mouth as
Hydra this answer would stop them all.
"The Lancaster referred to is Familiarity
known as DarklanteIn DICK because of
having been chief Of an association Or
gsniZed to sell public office for money.
(See the famous Gundecker dispositions
"He is the same man who acquired
notoriety in connection with the scheme
and charter frauds of unsavory memory.
(See any citizen of st. Louise
"He is the same man who swindled the
government in the whisky ring cases out
of S25, 900, and has it yet. (See the evil
denre before the house committee on
expenditures in the Treasury depart
ment, and their resolution demanding an
investigation To accomplish fraud he
committed perjury.
ole is the same man who was Treas
urer of the Big Muddy Coal Company,
when some money was missing, which 1t
t11r cd Onf hA hoi al { +O
Springfield swears the Treasurer of the
company now the Surveyor, 'aud got
the interest raised on the Central Bank
claim from to i 0 per cent also $500 of
damages. The understanding was, by
taking up that note, between the bank
officers and myself, that they would
throw off the damages and give it to he
for my trouble in collecting it. kept it,
Of course (See record in the case of
Buckley VS.. the company Collecting
for the creditor, thu debtor gives the cred
itor's agent half the money, for his
trouble in collecting it, This is as il the
Surveyor should agree with an importer
to throw off $500 due the government and
give it to him the Surveyor for his
trouble.
only dear Senator, was not this the act
OF q InltI ASK you puDnCly. Inc
public awaits with interest your reply.
80 1t is remarkable verifcation of my
opinion of this man, that in the very first
large contract he had to let, he should be
caught red-handed in an attempt to
swindle the government out of $500
in total of $4,000. And is this the man
for whom you venture to justify party
treason and practice it Is this the man
for whose probity you pledged your
honor to the Senate Is it for him that
you desired and attempted the defeat OF
Democratic nominee?
"My dear Senator, one is almost tempt
ed to believe, in view of the premises,
that it is true, as stated in some quarters,
that there is here and there a senatorial
toga which E ngs loose around it's
wearer like giants robe upon f dwarf
ish thief The text is in Shakespeare.
You know where to look for the COM
mentary.
"Yours very truly,
"JoHN NJ. GLOVER"